September 23, 2025
Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, and Ms. Bonamici) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure area career and technical education schools are eligible for mental health and substance use disorder service grants.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the CTE Student Mental Health and Wellness Act
.
Sec. 2. Mental health and substance use disorder services for students in higher education
Section 520E–2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36b) is amended—
(1)
in subsections (a) through (f)—
(A)
by striking an institution of higher education
each place it appears and inserting a covered institution
;
(B)
by striking the institution of higher education
each place it appears and inserting the covered institution
; and
(C)
by striking institutions of higher education
each place it appears and inserting covered institutions
;
(2)
in subsection (c)—
(A)
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Any institution of higher education
and inserting Any covered institution
; and
(B)
in paragraph (5), by striking institution of higher education supported
and inserting covered institution–supported
; and
(3)
by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) Covered institution defined
In this section, the term covered institution means—
(1)
an area career and technical education school (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006); and
(2)
an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965).